netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next 00/14] mlxsw: spectrum_acl: Split rehash work into chunks

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Message-Id: <20190301.214426.1758613193603962703.davem@davemloft.net>
Date:   Fri, 01 Mar 2019 21:44:26 -0800 (PST)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     idosch@...lanox.com
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, jiri@...lanox.com, mlxsw@...lanox.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next 00/14] mlxsw: spectrum_acl: Split rehash work
 into chunks

From: Ido Schimmel <idosch@...lanox.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2019 06:59:15 +0000

> Jiri says:
> 
> When rehash happens on a vregion with many rules and they are being
> migrated, it might take significant time to finish the job. During that
> time vregion->lock is taken which prevents rules from being
> added/deleted from the vregion.
> 
> Aim of this patchset is to allow to interrupt migration of rules during
> rehash, reschedule and give chance for rules to be added/deleted. Then
> continue migration in another execution of scheduled work.

Series applied, thanks everyone.